We were chatting about bike blogs and I asked some of the VO staffers which ones they read. Here are a few that we find interesting:
- gypsy by trade, A neat blog by a former VO staffer and now in Alaska
- Wheel Fanatyk, Igor, the new guy here, found this cool blog that's mostly about wheels.
- Bike Shop Girl, From Annette
- Bikeville, Old bikes from our friends at Bikeville, several of us read this.
- Cycling Tips, Racy stuff.
- Mercx Mondays, The Cannibal!
- Vintage Bicycle, Great old bikes described, nice photos too.
- Chasing mailboxes, Rando friends
- While Out Riding, UK cyclist touring North and South America
- The Lazy Randonneur, A cool blog about bikes, kite surfing, SUPing, etc.
- Jill Outside, Another great blog from Alaska; thanks Scott.
- Velo News, More racy stuff.
- Lovely Bicycle, Just lovely.
- The Daily Randonneur, More rando friends.
And a few non-bike blogs that we like:
- Archival Clothing, A great blog about quality stuff from a VO customer.
- bunnie's blog. Robert recommends this. I'm not really sure what it's about.
- Log Cabineer, Out in the woods.
- Lloyds Blog, About tiny houses and other fun stuff.
- The Cleanest Line, Patagonia's blog, one of my favorites
- Hops, Fig, and a Duck, recommended by Alec
- Surfrider Foundation, Recommended by me.
- FX Cuisine, This blog is dead, but I still keep going back to it.
- Carl Safina, Wonderful writer and oceanographer.
If you have any suggestions for non-commercial blogs, please mention them in the comments. We need new stuff to read in the new year.
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"Pedaling in Place" is Joe Cruz on a Pugsley in the highlands of South America, currently in Argentina. The best non-winter fatbike touring stuff on the net: http://joecruz.wordpress.com/
559x94mm is the new 650b.
1. Kent Peterson's blog: http://kentsbike.blogspot.com/
Kent is one of the most well-rounded and grounded blogging cyclists out there. People would do well to read and think about what Kent writes about.
2. Concur with "Jill Outside" blog...Jill is actually now in Los Altos, CA (San Jose/Bay Area), although Jill continues to write occasional stories of Alaska (like her most recent post) and always has great pictures!
3. Akuta-san's blog: http://www.symphonic-net.com/france1961/ (readers may wish to use a translator tool). I love the pictures of his rides throughout Japan. Akuta-san's photos of the food are awesome too!
Regards,
BG of GB
My blog Yurtville is mostly about cycling in Vermont, with a bit of homesteading and a few other things here and there.
http://eatbikenap.blogspot.com/
Happy New Year!
Don't know whether my Bicycle Fixation counts as "non-commercial," as I once in a while post product announcements, but it is mostly about bicycle infrastructure and practice in urban areas, so maybe...?
Commerce occupies something like 2% of the website, including the blog, the rest being articles, essays, and pix of cyclingn & cyclists.
Bicycle Fixation blog.
www.rodadas.net - Reference blog on cycling and bike trips in Spain - Europe
No mention of BikeSnobNYC? Are you kidding? He jabbed Rivendell a bit today, VO could be next!
Islaysteve:
Since Bikesnob is now world famous, we figured he'd want us to redistribute his mention to some of the more needy blogs on the 'net.
http://harmlessneighborhoodeccentric.blogspot.com/
my blog.
Nothing but well-curated cycling imagery, preoccupied by vintage and French:
http://cyclocult.tumblr.com/
I've followed the VO blog since the early days. Your take on bicycling aesthetics and craftsmanship helped inspire me to begin writing a somewhat eccentric blog about bicycling, coffee, and photography:
http://thefridayclotouriste.com
cheers,
nathan
I like reading the blog of EG Square, a Moulton dealer in Nagoya, Japan. Sadly, improvements to Google's translation service have robbed us of most of the bizarre poetry of machine translation from Japanese, but still specialist bike porn a-gogo.
The man behind the mask of The Plano Cyclist does a great job blogging about anything and everything bikes. You should follow this man!
www.planocyclist.com
I'm very sad that Ecovelo has retired, that was my favorite bike blog. In a close second, is a tie with Lovely Bicycle and Lets Go Ride a Bike. LGRAB in particular is a great resource for new urban cyclists.
http://letsgorideabike.com/blog/
Also, I could just look at Rides a Bike for hours. It's a great daily pick-me-up.
http://ridesabike.tumblr.com/
Michael
I read Iron Rider (www.eprider.blogspot.com) Its a well- written account of Randonneuring by a newbie.
I can't believe you didn't include AHTBM (http://www.allhailtheblackmarket.com/) and Cycling Inquisition (http://www.cyclinginquisition.com/)
Well I spose if Kyle were still at VO he'd recommend my blog!
Thanks for these recommendations - there were several I hadn't seen. I added Wheel Fanatyk to my blogroll to check out in depth.
My blog is about messing about with bikes more than riding them, but there's a little of that, too. www.biketinker.com.
@FridayCyclotourist - there was a typo in your URL. The correct one is:
http://thefridaycyclotouriste.com/
copenhagenize.com a nice angle on bicycle urban planning and bike culture in Copenhagen and elsewhere
one of my favorites:
http://bikenoir.blogspot.com
Every single ride since March '06 documented here: ericsridelog.blogspot.com
This question is like asking about a favorite song, you think of ones you really like later on: but this one some might find interesting: Simply Bike Blog and I think she's a real nice person. At one point, I was under the impression she was up in Calgary but I could be wrong.
Italian Cycling Journal May not be the chosen lengua of this blog but it has a lot of entertaining tidbits, some of the high tech stuff I can do without but ever so often, something good and worthy of perusing with nice photos of the Dolomites, some history or whatever.
I would advise : http://www.cycling-challenge.com/ By far the funniest bike blog i know. Loads of ascents in the alpes, pyrenees and in europe.
Also : cycloclimbing.com
Regards,
David
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